The Fairies of Nutfolk Wood

9 best books like The Fairies of Nutfolk Wood (Barb Bentler Ullman): The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Vacation Under the Volcano, Goose Chase, Miss Chopsticks, Selling Hope, From Homer to Harry Potter: A Handbook on Myth and Fantasy, Blind Hope: An Unwanted Dog and the Woman She Rescued, Dangerous Waters: An Adventure on Titanic, Growing Season

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

Author	Catherynne M. Valente
ISBN	0312649614

Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her father went to war and her mother went to work. One day, September is met at her kitchen window by a Green Wind (taking the form of a gentleman in a green jacket), who invites her on an adventure, implying that her help...

Vacation Under the Volcano

Author	Mary Pope Osborne
ISBN	0679890505

Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House!

Who wants to vacation next to a volcano?

Jack and Annie are about to find out when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the days of the Roman Empire. They arrive...

Goose Chase

Author	Patrice Kindl
ISBN	0142302082

It starts when Alexandria, a poor, plain goose girl, offers her own bread and water to a hungry old woman — who just happens to be a witch in disguise. Poof! Alexandria is suddenly heartstoppingly beautiful. Her hair rains down gold dust, and the tears she sheds turn to diamonds. Soon a prince and a king...

Miss Chopsticks

Author	Xinran
ISBN	0701180420

Xinran takes her readers to the heart of modern Chinese society in this delightful and absorbing tale of three peasant girls getting to grips with life in the big city.

The Li sisters don’t have much education, but one thing has been drummed into them: their mother is a failure because she hasn’t...

Selling Hope

Author	Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
ISBN	0312611226

Selling Hope is an inventive middle grade novel about a girl who wants a normal life and how she sees Halley's Comet as her ticket out of the vaudeville circuit.

It's May 1910, and Halley's Comet is due to pass thru the Earth's atmosphere. And thirteen-year-old Hope McDaniels and her father are...

From Homer to Harry Potter: A Handbook on Myth and Fantasy

Author	Matthew Dickerson
ISBN	1587431335

The allure of fantasy continues to grow with film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings and J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. But how should Christians approach modern works of fantasy, especially debated points such as magic and witches?

From Homer to Harry Potter provides the historical...

Blind Hope: An Unwanted Dog and the Woman She Rescued

Author	Kim Meeder
ISBN	1601422806

An unwanted dog. An emotional rescue.
Two lives forever changed.

Laurie's dreams had been shattered before she came to work at Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch—the ranch of rescued dreams—where broken horses and broken children encounter healing every day. In an attempt to soothe...

Dangerous Waters: An Adventure on Titanic

Author	Gregory Mone
ISBN	1596436735

A stowaway, a stolen book, a murderous villain: an adventure on the most famous shipwreck in history.  The great ocean liner Titanic is preparing to cross the Atlantic. On board is a sinister thief bent on stealing a rare book that may be the key to unlocking infinite treasure, a wealthy academic...

Growing Season

Author

Melanie Lageschulte

Enjoy the first novel in a heartwarming rural fiction series! Melinda Foster is already at a turning point when the "for rent" sign beckons her down a dusty gravel road. Facing forty and downsized from her copywriting job at a Twin Cities ad agency, Melinda is struggling to find her way forward when a phone...